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Alexander Armstrong (1877-1939) —
of Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md.; Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., June 28,
1877.
Son of Alexander Armstrong and Elizabeth Key (Scott) Armstrong.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County State's Attorney, 1908-12; Maryland
state attorney general, 1919-23; candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1924;
director, Potomac Edison electric
utility, Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co., Blue Ridge Fire
Insurance Co.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died in Ruxton, Baltimore
County, Md., November
20, 1939 (age 62 years, 145
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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James Patrick Sinnott Devereux (1903-1988) —
also known as James P. Devereux —
of Stevenson, Baltimore
County, Md.
Born in Cuba, February
20, 1903.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1951-59; candidate for
Governor
of Maryland, 1958; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., August 5,
1988 (age 85 years, 167
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lynn Winterdale Franklin (1888-1952) —
also known as Lynn W. Franklin; Franklin
Winterbothm —
of Maryland; Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Ocean Grove, Monmouth
County, N.J., June 11,
1888.
Son of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm.
Stenographer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Tegucigalpa, 1914-15; U.S. Vice Consul in San Salvador, 1915-16; Callao-Lima, 1916-18; Guayaquil, 1918; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1925, 1926-27; Hankow, 1925; Saltillo, 1929; Amoy, 1932; Stockholm, 1938; Niagara Falls, 1943; U.S. Consul General in Curacao, 1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 8,
1952 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Winterbothm and Jenny (Jones) Winterbothm; step-son of
George L. Franklin; married, June 11,
1925, to Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson. |
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Robert Elliott Freer (b. 1896) —
also known as Robert E. Freer —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Madisonville, Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, January
30, 1896.
Son of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1935-48; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1939, 1944, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of the
Coif; Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Guy Metcalf Freer and May (Dunlap) Freer; married, October
27, 1919, to Hazel Louise Davis (divorced); married, April 12,
1925, to Olive Roberts. |
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Son of Thomas Overton (1835-1913; judge) and Laura Elizabeth
(Waddell) Overton (1845-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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George Alexander Pearre (1860-1923) —
also known as George A. Pearre —
of Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., July 16,
1860.
Son of George
A. Pearre and Mary (Worthington) Pearre.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate from Anne Arundel County, 1890-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1899-1911; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1908.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., September
19, 1923 (age 63 years, 65
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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James Harry Preston (1860-1938) —
also known as James H. Preston —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Harford
County, Md., 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1890-94; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1894; mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1912
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution.
Died July 14,
1938 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Daniel Richard Randall (b. 1864) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., December
25, 1864.
Son of Alexander Randall and Elizabeth P. (Blanchard) Randall.
Republican. Lawyer; Anne
Arundel County State's Attorney, 1900-04; chair of
Anne Arundel County Republican Party, 1907-09; postmaster.
Member, Sons of the Revolution; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Timothy Stone (b. 1868) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Massachusetts, September
7, 1868.
Son of Timothy Dwight Porter Stone and Susan Margaret (Dickinson)
Stone.
Republican. Pastor; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Warfield (1848-1920) —
of Maryland.
Born in Howard
County, Md., May 7,
1848.
Son of Albert Gallatin Warfield and Margaret Gassaway (Watkins)
Warfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Register of Wills, 1874-81; member of Maryland
state senate, 1882-86; Surveyor of the Port of Baltimore,
1886-90; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1896;
Governor
of Maryland, 1904-08.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., March 31,
1920 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Howard County, Md.
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